Timber and lumber stamp



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TIMBER AND LUMBER STAMP. No. 294,936. v r S, Patented Mam.- 11, 1884.

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LEVI THRUSH AND LEONARD VVILSON OF BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIMBER AND LUMBER STAMR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,936, dated March.11, 1884.

Application filed November 251, 1882. ()Imlel.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, LEVI THRUsH and LEONARD WVILsoN, both ofBrookville, in the county of Jefferson and State .of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and Improved Timber and Lumber Stamp, of which thefollowing is ter-wheels loose upon an axis, a.

a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention willfirst be described in connection withall that isnecessary to a full understanding thereof, and then pointed out in theclaim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of a timber and lumberstamp; Fig. 2, a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation with aheadand shield in section.

In the drawings, A A represent two characb is a head having the socket cfor the handle, central bearings for the axis, and an opening at top andbottom. Through these openings extend the stamp-heads, which arearranged at intervals 011 periphery of each of the loose wheels andprovided with numerals fromO to 9, inclusive. f f represent the sideplates of the head. Up to this point there is nothing essentially new.

Each of the separate wheels is provided with a side ratchet, d, on theinside, and e e are two lever-pawls 011 the sanic fulcrum, held up byspring 0 at the rear, having their opposite faces in close contact, andprovided with flattened rear ends, both of which may be readily coveredat one time by the thumb. By this construction and arrangement of thepawls and ratchets, the simple pressure of the thumb of one hand raisesboth pawls,and thus greatly simplifies the operation of the device, andenables it to be used very rapidly.

The stamp-heads may be struck with a mallet to cause those diametricallyopposite to stamp, or the tool may be used as a sledge'to effect thesame object.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new i s A timberand lumber stamp provided with two separate stamp-wheels, A A, havingthe inside ratchetwheels, (1 (l, and the two lever-pawls e 6, arrangedside by side on the same fulcrum, said pawls being provided at the rearwith flattened ends supported by springs, and both adapted to beoperated simultaneously by the same thumb,as described.

LEVI THRUSH. LEONARD XVILSON. Witnesses:

J. R. Emmy, J AMES H. Mn zn.

